Constituency
502. Serampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-SERAMPORE
CPM 48.9%won by 18.2%CPI 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 18.2%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 38.2% to 48.9% of the vote here (+10.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.2% to 62.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,51,119
Turnout
62.1%
Valid votes
3,42,288
Margin
62,458
18.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1DINENDRA NATH BHATTACHARYYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,67,53048.9%
- 2JADU GOPAL SENCommunist Party of India · CPI1,05,07230.7%
- 3BIMAL KANTI GHOSHNCO · NCO61,64118.0%
- 4MANIK CHANDRA SITIndependent · IND8,0452.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–CPI swing
- −2.6%
- CPM share
- 38.2% → 48.9%
- CPI share
- 17.3% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- 71.3% → 62.1%